Israel in IHRA

ISRAEL IHRA PRESIDENCY

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is an intergovernmental organization numbering 35 Member Countries, 6 Observer Countries and 9 Permanent International Partners.

The Israeli Presidency of IHRA (March 2025 – February 2026) is committed to providing valuable data, expertise and perspectives regarding the preservation and effective dissemination of Holocaust-related research, education and commemoration.

The Israeli Presidency emphasizes that any meaningful engagement with the Shoah, and countering antisemitism, must be accurately grounded in the historical record, and as confirmed by up-to-date scholarship.

Thus, it is vital to ensure that younger historians and teachers in IHRA member nations, and elsewhere, take up research and education about the Holocaust. This must include recognition of the centrally and distinctly Jewish dimensions of the Shoah, as well as the significance of the genocide of the Roma.

Jerusalem plenary Dec. 2025 - Day four

Jerusalem plenary Dec. 2025 - Day two

MFA

Dani Dayan: This menorah is a compact and truly remarkable silver Hanukkah lamp, crafted secretly, most likely shortly before Hanukkah of 1940, by Jewish workers in the Łódź Ghetto. They engraved a dedication in Yiddish to Mordechai Rumkowski, head of the Judenrat, the Jewish Council of the ghetto.

MFA

Eliyahu Trevitz lighting the Hanukkia together with his son Ilan, was born in May 1933 in Budapest.
When the Nazis and their Iron Cross collaborators took over Hungary in March of 1944 he was not yet eleven. He saw his father taken away for forced labor and discovered after the War that his father had perished soon afterwards in the Uhrdorf satellite camp of Buchenwald.

From then on Eliyahu became – together with his mother – responsible for their family's survival, including that of twin little brothers and an older sister.

Together, and separately, they endured the horrors of the Budapest Ghetto, including several near death experiences for Eliyahu. Already at that early age Eliyahu demonstrated the traits of courage, ingenuity, leadership and faith that characterize him to this very day.
Eliyahu's responsibility for his family did not end when the Holocaust did.
He came to Israel and built his family and a successful business.

Jerusalem plenary Dec. 2025 - Day one

The IHRA Jerusalem Plenary 2025 was opened today with a Preliminary Conference at the Israeli MFA. The conference was opened today with a moment of silence for the victims of the brutal antisemitic terror attack in Bondi Beach, Sydney, where innocent people were murdered or injured simply for being Jewish while celebrating Hanukkah. This is today's reality, where hate is going unchecked.

As Deputy Foreign Minister said:

The IHRA chair Dani Dayan concluded:

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Yad Vashem

"Kristallnacht" - November pogrom

November pogrom 9–10 November 1938

During the pogrom across Germany and Austria, 91 Jews were murdered and more than 1,400 synagogues were torched, Jewish-owned shops and businesses were plundered and destroyed.

In addition, the Jews were forced to pay “compensation” for the damage that had been caused and approximately 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Approximately 100 synagogues and houses of prayer served the Vienna Jewish community on the eve of the Holocaust. Few survived the Kristallnacht pogrom.

https://wwv.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/kristallnacht/index.asp#section-overview

Yad Vashem

Roma Genocide Remembrance

During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of Roma women, children, and men were systematically murdered by the Nazis, their allies, and collaborators. This atrocity's legacy profoundly impacted Roma communities across Europe.

Every 2 August, we remember Roma men, women, and children who were murdered - and we commit to keeping their stories alive. By teaching accurately and inclusively about this history, we can help ensure it is not forgotten, and that the prejudices that led to it are challenged today.
That’s why the IHRA, together with Roma organizations and international experts, have developed the Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Persecution and Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi Era.
Learn more: https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/ihra-recommendations-for-teaching-and-learning-about-the-persecution-and-genocide-of-the-roma-during-the-nazi-era

The Israeli Presidency of the IHRA conducted a day-long event in Prague dedicated to remembrance of the Roma and Sinti genocide. In cooperation with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the event took place on Thursday, 23 October 2025 at the Czernin Palace in Prague. The program featured new IHRA tools focusing on the Roma and Sinti genocide and to combating the distortion of its history.

Learn more about the content and resources presented at the event:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10W7ojRqHpr4tzq0foY2haBz7k721bqJg

This event was preceded on 22 October by IHRA's first-ever on-site visit, also initiated and organized by the Presidency, to the Lety Memorial, an authentic site of historic and symbolic significance in the annals of the Roma genocide and its remembrance.

We are gratified to have hosted this event, together with colleagues from other IHRA member countries and partner organizations.

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